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daremon
01-01-2000, 05:02 PM
I was trying to clear my CMOS so i set the jumper to the clear cmos position. (Gigabyte mb/award bios) I boot up but unfortunately the computer freezes. Now i always get a "CMOS checksum error - loaded defaults" upon startup. I can continue with F1 and everything works fine. What should i do? Try to clear the cmos again, ot upgrade the bios?

Thanks,
Dimitris
richamies
01-01-2000, 05:05 PM
Go into the bios and try saving the settings, make sure the correct date and time and hard drive setting are set though.
OuTpaTienT
01-01-2000, 05:09 PM
You mentioned you put the jumper to the clear CMOS position but you didn't mention that you put the jumper back. Did you?
daremon
01-02-2000, 06:50 AM
When i first changed the jumper i just moved it one position. (i knew JP3 was the clear cmos and it had 3 pins so i just moved it). When i tried to put it back i checked the manual and saw that i had it to the normal position. So i thought i had changed it and didn't remember.

Well bottom line is the manual has the wrong settings for the specific jumper (found out at .motherboards.giga-byte newsgroup).

Thanks for the answers,
Dimitris